Thesis
The Apollo 13 was a failed mission, however many people disagree. Apollo 13 was a failure because they never completed their mission, going to the moon.
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 lunar mission launched at 2:13 pm from 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 13 encountered a disaster when three astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert found themselves orbiting around the moon in a pair of joining vehicles. An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks forced the crew to orbit the Moon and return to Earth without ever landing on the Moon. Apollo 13’s encounter with this disaster made history as being a "failure" but the most recognized and beneficial exploration mission of NASA's lunar landing program.
Apollo 13 Flight Crew with their "insignia" by NASA
According to NASA, "this is the insignia of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission. The Apollo 13 prime crew will be astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander; Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. Represented in the Apollo 13 emblem is Apollo, the sun god of Greek mythology, symbolizing how the Apollo flights have extended the light of knowledge to all mankind. The Latin phrase Ex Luna, Scientia means "From the Moon, Knowledge." Apollo 13 will be the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) third lunar landing mission."
Apollo 13 Lift Off
Courtesy of NASA
Insignia of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission
by NASA